43.a5! [43.Rc5 Rxa4 44.Kf1 Kf6 45.Ke1 Ke6 46.Rxc6+ Kd5 47.Rxh6 Ra1+ 48.Kd2 Ra2+ 49.Kc3 Rxf2„; 43.Kg2 Rxa4 44.Kf3 Ra3 45.Rc5 c3 46.Rxc6 a5 47.Ke4 Rb3 48.h4 a4 49.Kd3 a3 50.Ra6 c2+ 51.Kxc2 Rb2+ 52.Kd3 Rxf2 53.Rxa3=]

43...c3 44.Rc5 c2 45.Rxc2 Rxa5 46.Rxc6 Ra1+ 47.Kg2 a5 48.g4! a4 49.Ra6 a3 50.h4 a2 51.h5 Kg8 52.Kf3 Kg7 53.Kf4 Kg8 54.Kf5 Kg7 55.Ra7 Kg8 56.Kf6 Rg1 57.Ra8+ Kh7 58.Rxa2 Rxg4 59.Kxf7+– Rg5 60.Kf6 Rxh5 61.Ra7+ Kg8 62.Kg6 Rg5+ 63.Kxh6 Rg2 64.f4 Kf8 65.Kh5 Rg3 66.e4 Rg7 67.Rxg7 Kxg7

1–0

🔸chess.com IoM Masters Douglas 2018
🔸Round 9
⚪️Nakamura,Hikaru (2763)
⚫️Eljanov,Pavel (2703)
🔸1-0

25.Nxf6+! [Destroying the opponent's pawn structure, exchanging queens, and then penetrating with rook into the Black's camp.]

25...Qxf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Rc6! [White does not waste time grabbing the h6–pawn.]

[27.Bxh6? Rd8! 28.Rc6 Bc5 29.Kg2 Rd3=]

27...Bc5 28.b4! Nd8™ 29.Rc7?! [a carelessness that allows Black to consolidate. White could have obtained a huge advantage with:]

[29.Rc8! Be7 30.Bxh6 Re8 31.Nd4 Kh7 32.b5! axb5 33.Be3 Rg8 34.Nxb5+– △B×b6]

29...Bd6 30.Rd7 Bb8 31.Bxh6 Re8+/=

⚪️#285 (Strategy-ًWhite to Move)
🔸Andolfatto,Maria (2065)
🔸Raccanello,Marianna (2030)
🔸78th ch-ITA Women 2018

Unity Chess Strategy Multiple Choice 285
public poll

A) Qe3 – 8
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 73%
future, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @Emergenciiii, @Steve1234567890qwerty, @ZhenruiGu, Florentino, Arianna

B) h4 – 2
👍👍 18%
Max, Sid

C) Qc1 – 1
👍 9%
@mahyarebrahimi1983

👥 11 people voted so far.

⚫️#285 (Endgame-Black to Move)
🔸Gajic,S (2069)
🔸Pastar,S (2326)
🔸32nd Belgrade 2018

Unity Chess Endgame Multiple Choice 285
public poll

B) Qb5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
M, future, Max, Nikhil, @BehroudR, @Steve1234567890qwerty, M, George, @ZhenruiGu, @Kingbosskasyap

A) B×a3 – 3
👍👍 23%
@Hoseini62960, Amirreza, Arianna

C) Bb5
▫️ 0%

👥 13 people voted so far.

Three world champions - Vasily Smyslov, Anatoly Karpov and Mikhail Botvinnik. Late 1980s?

@UnityChess

"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."

🔸 Mikhail Tal

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Moscow, 2nd October 1940. The Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.
Andor Lilienthal (right) faces Igor Bondarevsky in a decisive game from the final round of the 12th USSR Championship, as Paul Keres looks on.

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Vladimir Kramnik, 1992.

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The 2019 #FIDEWorldCup starts on Tuesday, with Ding Liren the top seed - can you predict how the matches will go?

Dubov - Firouzja in 2nd round and 3rd round possibly against Ding Liren should be interesting! Good for Alireza to test himself!

GM Sergei Movsesian (2663) wins the strong Igor Kurnosov Memorial, which is a part of the Russian Rapid Grand Prix. Congrats!!!

Rinck, 1926
White to move and win! 🤔

The opening ceremony of the FIDE World Cup 2019 took place in Khanty-Mansiysk on September 9.

It was filled with spectacular artistic performances. You can find photos by Kirill Merkuryev here and see for yourself:

https://khantymansiysk2019.fide.com/en/media/photo/247/